HMS Waterloo (1833)

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Name: HMS Waterloo
Ordered: 9 September 1823
Builder: Chatham Dockyard
Laid down: March 1827
Launched: 10 June 1833
Decommissioned: Paid off 1866[1]
Renamed:

HMS Conqueror, 1862

HMS Warspite, [1877[1]
Fate: Burnt, 1918
Notes: Converted to steam 89-gun 2-decker,
1 April 1859—12 December 1859[1]
General characteristics
Class and type: Broadened Caledonia-class ship of the line
Tons burthen: 2694 tons (2737.3 tonnes)
Length: 205 ft 5.5 in (62.62 m) (gundeck)
Beam: 54 ft 6 in (16.6 m)
Depth of hold: 23 ft 2 in (7.1 m)
Propulsion: Up to 1859: Sails
From 1859, 500nhp Maudlay engine, single screw, + sails[1]
Sail plan: Full rigged ship
Armament:

As designed:
120 guns:

  • Gundeck: 30 × 32 pdrs, 2 × 68-pdr carronades
  • Middle gundeck: 34 × 32 pdrs
  • Upper gundeck: 34 × 32 pdrs
  • Quarterdeck: 2 × 18 pdrs, 14 × 32 pdr carronades
  • Forecastle: 2 × 18 pdrs, 2 × 32 pdr carronades

As steam line-of-battle ship:[2]

  • Gundeck: 32 x 8in/65cwt
  • Main deck: 34 x 32pdr/56cwt
  • Upper deck: 22 x 32pdr/42cwt 1x68pdr/95cwt
For other ships of the same name, see HMS Waterloo.

HMS Waterloo was a 120-gun first rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy, launched on 10 June 1833 at Chatham.

Waterloo was cut down to an 89-gun 2-decker and converted to steam at Chatham 1 April 1859—12 December 1859. Following the loss of the modern 101-gun steam 2-decker Conqueror in 1861, Waterloo was renamed Conqueror in 1862. In 1864 she served on the China station under the command of Captain Luard, and was paid off in 1866.[1]

In 1877 she was renamed Warspite and served as a training ship at Greenhithe/Woolwich.[1]

She was accidentally destroyed by fire in 1918.

[edit] Notes

  1. ^ a b c d e f Lambert Battleships in Transition p134
  2. ^ Lambert Battleships in Transition p132 and 134

[edit] References

  • Lambert, Andrew Battleships in Transition, the Creation of the Steam Battlefleet 1815-1860, published Conway Maritime Press, 1984. ISBN 0 85177 315 X.
  • Lavery, Brian (2003) The Ship of the Line - Volume 1: The development of the battlefleet 1650-1850. Conway Maritime Press. ISBN 0-85177-252-8.
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